| Most recent season or competition: 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| First season | 2018 |
| CEO |  Ary Graça |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Continent | International (FIVB) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Czech Republic(1st title) |
| Most titles |  Bulgaria Canada Croatia Czech Republic France(1 title each) |
| Streaming partner(s) | Volleyball TV |
| Promotion to | Nations League |
| Official website | Volleyball Challenger Cup |
The FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup is an international volleyball competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The inaugural tournament was played between 20 and 24 June 2018 in Lima, Peru. Bulgaria won the inaugural edition, defeating Colombia in the final and qualified for the 2019 Nations League.
The creation of the tournament was announced in October 2017 (alongside the announcement of the Nations League) as a joint project between the FIVB, the IMG and 21 national federations.[1] The Challenger Cup serves as a qualifying tournament for the aforementioned Nations League. The FIVB Challenger Cup is held before the Nations League Final Round (in 2018 and 2019 editions) but changed it in 2022 edition and the winner earns the right to participate in the next year's Nations League.[2][3]
A corresponding tournament for men's national teams is the FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup.
- ^ "FIVB announces the Volleyball Nations League". FIVB.org. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "FIVB Executive Committee embraces digital transformation". FIVB.org. 7 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "Volleyball Challenger Cup battles coming up in Croatia and Korea". volleyballworld. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.